Voices of Vietnam: A Century of Radio, Red Music, and Revolution

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Lonán Ó Briain (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

Voices of Vietnam

A Century of Radio, Red Music, and Revolution

Lonán Ó Briain (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

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Oxford University Press Inc
18 January 2022

Film, TV & Radio; Music; Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Media studies

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh read out the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence over a makeshift wired loudspeaker system to thousands of listeners in Hanoi. Five days later, Ho's Viet Minh forces set up a clandestine radio station using equipment brought to Southeast Asia by colonial traders. The revolutionaries garnered support for their coalition on air by interspersing political narratives with red music (nh.ac /d?o). Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV) grew from these communist and colonial foundations to become one of the largest producers of music in contemporary Vietnam.

In this first comprehensive English-language study on the history of radio music in mainland Southeast Asia, Lonán Ó Briain examines the broadcast voices that reconfigured Vietnam's cultural, social, and political landscape over a century. Ó Briain draws on a year of ethnographic fieldwork at the VOV studios (2016-17), interviews with radio employees and listeners, historical recordings and broadcasts, and archival research in Vietnam, France, and the United States. From the Indochinese radio clubs of the 1920s to the 75th anniversary celebrations of the VOV in 2020, Voices of Vietnam: A Century of Radio, Red Music, and Revolution offers a fresh perspective on this turbulent period by demonstrating how music production and sound reproduction are integral to the unyielding process of state formation.

By: Lonán Ó Briain (Associate Professor of Music Associate Professor of Music University of Nottingham)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 157mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 328g
ISBN: 9780197558249
ISBN 10: 0197558240
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 18 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lonán Ó Briain is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. He is the author or editor of several books, including Musical Minorities: The Sounds of Hmong Ethnicity in Northern Vietnam.

Reviews for Voices of Vietnam: A Century of Radio, Red Music, and Revolution

The author's successful integration of storytelling and scholarly research makes this an invaluable contribution to scholarship on Vietnam and Southeast Asia in general. * CHOICE * A fascinating account of the relationship between music and radio in Vietnam from colonial times, through the civil war and up to the present day. * David Harris, Communication, journal of BDXC * This book is well written and will be of interest to those who want to learn morre about radio in other countries. * David Harris, Radio User *